参谋本部是北京政府的军令部门,是大总统军事统率权的具体体现。但在实际执行中,参谋本部无法有效履行法定权力,参谋总、次长及其下属职员的任免,各师、混成旅参谋人员的任免实际上也不受参谋本部控制。各种军政机构肆意侵夺参谋部指挥权,导致前线军队指挥处于混乱状态。 The General Staff Headquarters is the military order department of the Beijing government and is the concrete manifestation of the power of the presidential military. However, in actual implementation, the general staff headquarters can not effectively perform its statutory powers, and the appointment and dismissal of general staff, deputy chiefs and their staff members are not controlled by the general staff headquarters. Various kinds of military and government agencies wantonly invaded the command of the staff department, resulting in chaos in front-line army commanders.